AP: Ecuador Officers Face Inquiry in Police Unrest

<p style="text-align: justify;">"They held President Rafael Correa captive for more than 10 hours after he came to talk to them, trapping him inside a police hospital. Mr. Correa was finally rescued when army commandos firing assault rifles and using concussion grenades&nbsp; stormed into the hospital and took him away. Mr. Correa called the uprising an attempted coup." COMMENT: This was obviously an attempt by these insubordinate cops to impose their rule on the country by kidnapping Ecuador's elected president. To call it anything else is, in its political essence, to collude with the actions of the kidnappers. Read More

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Cuban Cooperation with Yemeni University Acknowledged

<p style="text-align: justify;">Radio Cadena Agramonte - October 13. Havana, Cuba, Oct 13.- Yemen’s Higher Education Minister, Saleh Ali Basora, acknowledged Cuba’s cooperation for 35 years in the training of almost 5,000 health professionals at the University of Aden.<br> While speaking during a meeting to mark the 40th anniversary of the foundation of that center for higher studies, the minister gave a certificate to Cuban ambassador to Yemen, Buenaventura Reyes, in recognition of services rendered by the Cuban professionals. Read More

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Dracula on Stage

<p style="text-align: justify;">The ballet Dracula is the proposal that presents Mella Theater, from Thursday 14-Sunday 17, this month, Prodanza Center directed by the Grand Maitre Laura Alonso.&nbsp; That version that includes a prologue and two acts with choreography of the Puerto Rican Nana Badrena, from a script of Laura Alonso is inspired by Bram Stoker’s book and the homonymous movie of Francis Ford Coppola.&nbsp; These shows of the Ballet Laura Alonso, the Prodanza Center, will be dedicated to the Day of Cuban Culture, next October 20; on the 22nd International Ballet Festival of Havana that will begin on October 28; and the 491 anniversary of the foundation of the Village of San Cristobal of Havana. Read More

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David Torrens in Mexico

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban singer-songwriter David Torrens will perform next Sunday, October 17 at “Hidalgo” Theater, in the Mexican state of Colima, where he’ll give a free concert. The show by the young Cuban musician will develop at the 2010 Alfonso Michel Cultural Festival, event organized by the Secretariat of Culture and the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), of the Aztec nation. Read More

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The Genuine Cuba Publicity Campaign Tours Norwegian Cities

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010.10.13 - 21:45:27 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba.- The promotion of Cuba, one of the favorite tourist destinations in the Caribbean, is expanding in the world with the presentation in Norway of a publicity campaign about the island’s tourist attractions. Read More

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Lebanon, Iran to Reinforce Bilateral Ties

<p style="text-align: justify;">Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Wednesday advocated the strengthening of relations with Iran in different sectors during talks he will hold with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Read More

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European Union's Common Position toward Cuba Condemned in Germany

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 14 (acn) The so-called Common Position, adopted by the European Union for its relations with Cuba since 1996 was condemned on Wednesday by Germany's Network in Solidarity with the Caribbean island (Netzwerk Cuba). Read More

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